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All we ever see is this manna!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But now our soul <i>is</i> dried away: <i>there is</i> nothing at all, beside this manna, <i>before</i> our eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />but now our whole being <i>is</i> dried up; <i>there is</i> nothing at all except this manna <i>before</i> our eyes!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />but now our appetite is dried up. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing at all [in the way of food] to be seen but this manna.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now our appetite is gone; there&#8217s nothing to look at but this manna!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to look upon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all: we have nought save this manna to look to.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But now we've lost our appetite! Everywhere we look there's nothing but manna!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat--nothing but this manna day after day!" ( <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But now we can't stand it anymore, because there's nothing in front of us except this manna."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and now our soul [is] dry, there is not anything, except the manna, before our eyes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and now our soul is dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And now our soul shall be dried up; not any thing but to the manna our eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Our life is dry; our eyes look out to see nothing but manna.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now we are famished; we have nothing to look forward to but this manna.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But now our soul is dried up; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And now, behold, our soul has wasted away and there is nothing but this Manna before our eyes.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.'--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But now our soul is dried up; our eyes <i>turn</i> to nothing but to the manna.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/11-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3558" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">The Complaints of the People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">But now</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šê·nū (N-fsc:: 1cp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">our appetite</a> <a href="/hebrew/3002.htm" title="3002: yə·ḇê·šāh (Adj-fs) -- Dry, dried. From yabesh; dry.">is gone;</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">there is nothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê·nū (N-cdc:: 1cp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">to see</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: bil·tî (Prep) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4478.htm" title="4478: ham·mān (Art:: N-ms) -- Manna (a kind of bread). From mah; literally, a whatness, i.e. Manna.">this manna!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></span><br />“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-7.htm">Exodus 16:7-8</a></span><br />and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?” / And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13-15</a></span><br />That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. / When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Psalm 78:18-20</a></span><br />They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Psalm 78:25-29</a></span><br />Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. / He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might. / He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-13.htm">Psalm 106:13-15</a></span><br />Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. / They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. / So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-6</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. / Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Exodus 17:3</a></span><br />But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a></span><br />and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a></b></br> And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for <i>there is</i> no bread, neither <i>is there any</i> water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/13-4.htm">2 Samuel 13:4</a></b></br> And he said unto him, Why <i>art</i> thou, <i>being</i> the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Appetite</a> <a href="/numbers/6-21.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/numbers/6-3.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-2.htm">Except</a> <a href="/numbers/10-31.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Save</a> <a href="/numbers/9-13.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-37.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Appetite</a> <a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/joshua/2-10.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Except</a> <a href="/numbers/11-11.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/numbers/14-30.htm">Save</a> <a href="/numbers/15-27.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/numbers/11-14.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Wasted</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">The people crave meat, and loathe manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Moses complains of his charge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">and to give the people meat for a month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Moses' faith is staggered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But now our appetite is gone;</b><br>This phrase reflects the Israelites' dissatisfaction and ingratitude despite God's provision. Historically, the Israelites had been miraculously delivered from Egypt and were being sustained by God in the wilderness. Their complaint about the lack of variety in their diet shows a lack of faith and trust in God's plan. This attitude is a recurring theme in the wilderness narratives, highlighting human tendency to focus on immediate desires rather than spiritual sustenance. The loss of appetite symbolizes a deeper spiritual malaise, where physical cravings overshadow spiritual needs.<p><b>there is nothing to see</b><br>The Israelites' complaint about having "nothing to see" suggests a desire for the tangible and the familiar, reminiscent of their time in Egypt. This reflects a common human struggle with contentment and the temptation to look back at past comforts rather than forward to God's promises. The phrase also indicates a lack of spiritual vision, as they fail to recognize the miraculous nature of the manna provided by God. This mirrors the spiritual blindness that Jesus addresses in the New Testament, where people often fail to see the spiritual truths before them.<p><b>but this manna!”</b><br>Manna was the miraculous food provided by God to sustain the Israelites during their journey in the wilderness. It is described in <a href="/exodus/16.htm">Exodus 16</a> as a fine, flaky substance that appeared on the ground each morning. Theologically, manna is a type of Christ, as Jesus refers to Himself as the "bread of life" in <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a>, drawing a parallel between the manna that sustained physical life and His own role in providing spiritual sustenance. The Israelites' disdain for manna foreshadows the rejection of Christ by many, despite His being the true sustenance for eternal life. This complaint also underscores the theme of God's provision and the human tendency to take divine gifts for granted.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness towards the Promised Land. They are the ones expressing dissatisfaction with the manna.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. He is the intermediary between God and the Israelites during their wilderness journey.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous food provided by God to sustain the Israelites in the wilderness. It is described as being like coriander seed and tasting like wafers made with honey.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites are wandering. It is a place of testing and reliance on God's provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land from which the Israelites were delivered. It represents both their past bondage and the place they nostalgically remember for its food.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Israelites' complaint about manna reflects a lack of contentment. As believers, we are called to trust in God's provision and find contentment in what He provides, recognizing that He knows our needs better than we do.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_nostalgia.htm">The Danger of Nostalgia</a></b><br>The Israelites longed for the food of Egypt, forgetting the bondage that came with it. We must be cautious of romanticizing the past and overlooking the freedom and blessings God has given us in the present.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_daily_bread.htm">Gratitude for Daily Bread</a></b><br>Manna was a daily provision, teaching reliance on God each day. We should cultivate a heart of gratitude for our daily needs being met and trust God for tomorrow.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_sustenance.htm">Spiritual Sustenance</a></b><br>Just as manna sustained the Israelites physically, Jesus, the "bread of life," sustains us spiritually. We should seek Him daily for our spiritual nourishment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_600,000_men_eat_quail_for_a_month.htm">In Numbers 11:21–22, how feasible is it that enough quail could be provided to feed 600,000 men for a month? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_quail_in_numbers_11_4-6.htm">In Numbers 11:4-6, is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting the Israelites' complaints and the provision of quail in the wilderness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_numbers_11_33-34.htm">The sudden plague in Numbers 11:33-34 seems to contradict the merciful nature of God in other passages; how do we reconcile this apparent inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_millions_survive_on_manna_alone.htm">How could millions of people survive on a single type of food in the desert for forty years without other recorded health or logistical issues (Exodus 16:35)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">There is nothing at all . . . --</span>Better, <span class= "ital">there is nothing, except that our eyes </span>(<span class= "ital">look</span>)<span class= "ital"> upon, the manna.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Our soul is</span> <span class="cmt_word">dried away.</span> This exaggerated statement expressed their craving for the juicy and savoury food of which they had been thinking, and which was obviously unattainable in the wilderness. There is a physical craving in man for variety of diet, and especially for such condiments and flavours as he has been used to all his life, which makes the lack of them a real hardship. It is not necessary to condemn the Israelites for feeling very keenly the loss of their accustomed food, which is notoriously the one thing which the poorest classes <span class="cmt_word">are</span> least able to bear; it is only necessary to condemn them for making this one loss of more account than all their gain. <span class="cmt_word">There is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.</span> Rather, "we have nothing (<span class="hebrew">אֵין כֹּל</span>) except that our eye (falls) upon this manna." These graphic words speak of the longing looks which turned in every direction after the accustomed dainties, only to fall with disgust upon the inevitable manna. It was very ungrateful of them to speak disparagingly of the manna, which was good and wholesome food, and sufficient to keep them in health and strength; but it is useless to deny that manna only for people who had been accustomed to a rich and varied diet must have been exceedingly trying both to the palate and the stomach (cf. <a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our appetite</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is gone;</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבֵשָׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇê·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3002.htm">Strong's 3002: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dry, dried</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there is nothing</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to see</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינֵֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bil·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this manna!”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4478.htm">Strong's 4478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manna (a kind of bread)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">OT Law: Numbers 11:6 But now our soul is dried away (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/11-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 11:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 11:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>